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A Family AffairWarren Family Keeps MMC Legacy Alive
71Seventy-F irSt Street
VOLUME 16 NO. 3 Summer 2009
M a r y M o u n t M a n h a t t a n C o l l e g e
A l u m n i m A g A z i n e
Marymount Manhattan College hassurpassed the $21.9 million mark of its$25 million campaign, the most ambitiousfundraising initiative in the College’shistory. This is the Day, the Campaign forMarymount Manhattan will substantiallyincrease need-based student financial aid,encourage higher levels of scholarshipand research, and increase the number offull-time faculty; and enhance ourexisting spaces to create a dynamic, yetcomfortable environment for learning andgrowing. We are grateful to all donorswhose generosity has supported ourstrong momentum toward reaching ourcampaign goal.
This is the Day campaign is anextraordinary undertaking that has beensupported and recognized by The KresgeFoundation, which recently awarded theCollege an extension to the challengegrant deadline from June 30, 2009 toMarch 31, 2010. To comply with Kresge’srequirements, campaign pledges must bereceived by that date; however, paymentsmay extend up to five years, as long asthey are received by March 31, 2015.
This is the Day to show your support.
CONTACT:Jean Wilhelm at
[email protected](212) 517-0460
This is the Dayto envision our future.
MMC Women Grow in Numbers Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Rachel Balma ’10, Nathalia Fonseca ’10and Angela Poh ’10 return to MMC withnew perspectives.
A Family Affair: Warren FamilyKeeps MMC Legacy Alive . . . . . . . . . . .14Jerianne Niebergall Warren ’72, JacobWarren ’09 and Evan Warren ’11 sharecommon appreciation for MMC.
Mother and Daughter ValueMMC Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Cristiana Shields ’08 and her motherBarbara Shields ’66 describe the transformations of the College since theyeach attended.
Summer Offers Opportunitiesfor Scientific Research . . . . . . . . . . . . .18MMC professors work closely with studentson focused projects.
D E PA RT M E N T SMMC News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Learn about MMC’s comprehensivecampaign, This is the Day, summerrenovations, campaign receptions and MMC and BHCP Commencements.
Recent Major Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Read about the generosity of alumni, friends and supporters of MMC.
Campus View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Discover what’s happening on the MMCcampus: Strawberry Festival, Spring DanceRepertoire, Theatre Arts’ performances, and more.
Alumni Avenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Reconnect with MMC alumni as they participate in local events and reunite atReunion 2009.
Faculty Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Check out faculty achievements and books written by faculty members.
Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Reunite with classmates as they shareupdates after graduation.
Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Learn about exhibits and activities hosted by MMC.
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MMC NEWSMMC Summer Construction Continues
By Manny Romero
The sights and sounds ofconstruction continue asMarymount Manhattan College
(MMC) prepares to welcome studentsfor the 2009 Fall Semester.
On March 10, 2009, MMC’s Board ofTrustees approved a new constructionproject that will join The LowerreFamily Terrace with a new Commons,a key component of the 2006 FacilitiesMaster Plan. Once completed, TheCommons will serve as a two-tiereddining facility and lounge located onthe northern portion of the third andfourth floors of the Main building andadjacent to The Lowerre Family Terraceand across from the Shanahan Library.
Construction of The Commons willhelp advance the President’s ClimateCommitment by incorporating energyefficient lighting and mechanicalsystems. The new lighting and HVACsystems will help reduce the College’scarbon footprint.
The College will celebrate theopening of The Commons with areception for invited guests onSeptember 14. The event will provideguests the opportunity to see therenovated space and learn more aboutThis is the Day, the Campaign forMarymount Manhattan.
In June, Marymount Manhattan’sOffices of Academic Affairs andStudent Affairs relocated to the 8thfloor of the Main building, which waspart of the College’s summerconstruction project.
In order to accommodate the newspace, the offices of Academic Affairsand Student Affairs relocated from thethird floor of the Main building to theeighth floor in early June. The eighth
8TH FLOOR OFFICESPACE (AFTER): The 8th floor has beentransformed into thenew location for theOffices of AcademicAffairs and StudentAffairs. The renovatedspace includes newcubicles, offices andwork areas.
8TH FLOOR OFFICESPACE (BEFORE):(Above) The designconcept for the 8th flooroffice area focused onmaximizing the usage ofspace to meet the needsof departments.
(Right) Beforeconstruction began inMarch 2009, the 8th floorof the Main buildingserved as a multi-purpose room for collegegatherings and meetings.
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In recognition of Marymount Manhattan’ssuccessful fundraising efforts during thisunique economy, The Kresge
Foundation granted an extension to meetits challenge grant. In order to receive the$1.5 million grant, the College must havegifts and pledges totaling $25 million byMarch 31, 2010. As of August 12, 2009, theCollege has raised $21,884,173 in gifts andpledges.
In January 2008, the College launchedthe public phase of This is the Day, thecomprehensive campaign to dramaticallyincrease need-based student financial aid,encourage unprecedented levels of facultyscholarship and research, as well asincrease the number of full-time faculty,and enhance our existing spaces to createa dynamic, yet comfortable, environment for learningand growing. The campaign is an extraordinaryundertaking that requires funding that is quite separatefrom general operating support raised through theCollege’s Annual Appeal.
There have been exciting milestones throughout thecourse of the campaign. Each milestone supports one ofthe three campaign initiatives:
The Lowerre Family Terrace, the campaign’s first majorfacilities project, was unveiled on September 8, 2008. Byfall 2009, the new Commons will be completed, alongwith renovations to the Shanahan Library.
Today, with the demand for scholarship support atnearly historic levels, the College has been able tosignificantly increase its financial assistance to MMCstudents through funds raised as part of This is the Day.
In March 2009, the College named KathleenLeBesco, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Communication
Arts, and Jason Rosenfeld, Ph.D.,Associate Professor of Art History, as thefirst Distinguished Chairs at MarymountManhattan College.
Campaign Director Jean Wilhelm, B.A.,said the extended deadline presents newopportunities to meet the College’scampaign goal.
“To comply with Kresge’s new deadline,the College must develop more than$3,000,000 in gifts and pledges by March 31,2010,” Wilhelm said. “However, actualpayments may be spread out, as long asthey are received by March 31, 2015.”
Throughout the remainder of thecampaign, MMC will be scheduling meetingsand receptions to provide information aboutthe campaign in general as well as special
initiatives in honor of Sr. Judith Savard, ProfessorGurcharan Singh, Professor Marvelle S. Colby, Ph.D.,and Professors John and Priscilla Costello. Theseinspirational educators touched the lives of thousands ofstudents during their many years of teaching at theCollege. A number of endowed scholarships also existthat honor other distinguished faculty and staff memberswho span MMC’s history. They include the Professor J. William Bordeau Scholarship, Sr. Raymunde McKayScholarship and the Sr. Dymphna Leonard Scholarship.The Maureen Lyons Olson ’79 Endowed Scholarship wasestablished by Trustee Ginger Lyons de Neufville ’70in honor of her sister who died on September 11.
To learn more about This is the Day, the Campaign forMarymount Manhattan, visit the Web atwww.mmm.edu/campaign or contact Jean Wilhelm,Campaign Director, at (212) 517-0460 /[email protected].
floor has been transformed into a newoffice space that includes eight offices,several cubicles, and restroom facilities.The space previously served as amulti-purpose room for staff gatheringsand meetings. Originally, the seventhand eighth floors of the Main buildinghoused a swimming pool, which wasbuilt in 1929 when the building wasthe clubhouse of the Manhattan JuniorLeague. The College continued to usethe swimming pool until 2003 when it
was removed. Construction willcontinue on the third and fourth floorsof the Main building, The Great Halland the library. According to PaulCiraulo, B.A., Executive VicePresident for Administration andFinance, contractors will installstructural steel in The Great Hall andon the fourth floor. Masonryconstruction, ductwork installation,plumbing and electrical work willcontinue throughout the north side of
the third floor; and additional workwill continue in the library and the chapel.
“As anticipated, the multipleconstruction projects are ambitious anddifficult,” Ciraulo said. “However, ourgeneral contractor remains confidentof completing all projects in a timely manner.”
All projects should be completed bythe beginning of Fall 2009-2010semester.
The Kresge Foundation Extends Challenge Deadline to March 31, 2010
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President’s Medal Gala Raises More Than $667,000Marymount Manhattan
College presented the 2009President’s Medal to RabbiPhilip Hiat, religious advisor,friend to the College andScholar-in-Residence at CentralSynagogue in New York City.The presentation was madeApril 27, during the College’sannual fundraising gala at TheBoathouse in Central Park.
More than 240 peopleparticipated. Trustees, friends,alumni, parents, faculty andstaff contributed more than$660,000 to the College andThis is the Day, the Campaignfor Marymount Manhattan.
In an e-mail to the MMC Community, President JudsonR. Shaver, Ph.D., stated, “This is an extraordinary sum,more than double the average raised by this event, and a real
vote of confidence in theCollege and its Mission at a timewhen philanthropy isunderstandably in decline almosteverywhere. I am so very happyto say that all the proceeds fromthe Gala will be used for studentfinancial aid, which will increaseby 13% next year.”
The event’s Master ofCeremonies was NBC NewsCorrespondent PeterAlexander, who introduced theevening’s speakers that includedBoard Chair Anne C. Flannery,Esq. ’73; Gala Chairs Marilynand Jim Simons; Student
Speakers Kadi Edenfield ’09 and Matt Mancuso ’09. Inaddition, Diana Zambrotta ’09 and Melissa Benoist ’11and Nathan Atkinson ’07 performed a selection of songsfrom Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Receptions Bring Support to CostelloFund and Aphasia Program
On April 25, members of the MMC community gatheredfor a reception on The Lowerre Family Terrace to honorJohn and Priscilla Costello for their many years of dedicatedservice to the College. The event marked the establishmentof the John and Priscilla Costello Fund, which will provideresources to MMC’s English Department.
Contributions, including multi-year pledges, to theCostello Fund will also support This is the Day, theCampaign for Marymount Manhattan. For more information,please contact Jean Wilhelm, Campaign Director at (212)517-0460 / [email protected].
On May 13, The Ruth Smadbeck Center, located atMarymount Manhattan College, hosted a fundraisingreception in support of the Byrd Drucker Fund and theCenter’s Aphasia Program.
Aphasia is the communication disorder resulting frombrain damage. Stroke survivors often have trouble withcommunication, feeding and other cognitive and physicalskills. The Smadbeck Center is part of the College’sDepartment of Communications Sciences and Disorders. To learn more about MMC’s Aphasia Program and the RuthSmadbeck Communication and Learning Center, contact Dr. Teresa M. Signorelli, CCC-SLP, at (212) 774-0728 /[email protected].
Marymount Manhattan College’s Bedford HillsCollege Program will be the focus of two specialreceptions scheduled in November. The College willbe hosting a reception at MMC and a reception inWestchester County, NY to offer information about theBHCP and a special screening of the movie featuringtestimonials from Bedford Hills graduates andmembers of the MMC community. Announcementsand updates for these receptions will be forthcoming.Contributions to the BHCP Endowment support This isthe Day, the Campaign for Marymount Manhattan.
With the cooperation of a consortium of New Yorkarea colleges, MMC has served as the degree-grantinginstitution for the program since the spring of 1997,and has managed its operations since late 2004. TheBHCP offers non-credit college-preparatory courses inwriting and math, as well as credit-bearing coursesleading to Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Artsdegrees.
To make a contribution to the Bedford Hills CollegeProgram or Endowment, contact Jean Wilhelm, B.A.,Campaign Director, (212) 517-0460/[email protected].
College Offers Opportunityto Support BHCP
(L-R) Gala Chair Marilyn Simons, President’s MedalHonoree Rabbi Philip Hiat, President Judson R. Shaver,Ph.D., and Gala Chair Jim Simons.
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Radhika Balakrishnan, Ph.D., has accepted theposition of executive director for The Center for Women’sGlobal Leadership at Rutgers University. Balakrishnanjoined Marymount Manhattan College in 1996 and servedas a professor of economics and international studies. Shebegan her new duties on September 1, 2009, and joinedthe faculty as a full Professor in the Rutgers Department
of Women’s and Gender Studies as her academicaffiliation.
After serving as the Director of Counseling andPsychological Services (CAPS) at MMC for the past fouryears, Brian Quigley, Ph.D. has accepted the positionof Director of the Counseling Center at Keene StateCollege in Keene, New Hampshire.
Balakrishnan and Quigley Leave MMC
Marymount Manhattan Collegerecently lost a beloved member ofits community. Professor Emeritus J. William (Bill) Bordeau passedaway suddenly on Saturday, July 25.
Professor Bordeau’s dedication,artistic vision and vibrantpersonality built a strong foundationfor the success of MMC’s TheatreArts and Dance programs. In his 30years of teaching, ProfessorBordeau was a much loved mentorand educator, who went to greatlengths to nurture and challenge hisstudents.
Professor Bordeau received hisB.A. in Theatre and English atNorthern Michigan University andhis M.A. in Theatre from theUniversity of Michigan; additional graduate work in theatreand dance was completed at Columbia University. Billbegan college teaching in 1961 at Suffolk CommunityCollege where he created the first Telecommunicationsprogram of its kind in New York State, and served as thedesign consultant for the construction of its theatre and artscomplex.
When Bill arrived at MMC in 1968 he focused on teachingacting, directing and communication arts. As Chairperson ofCommunication Arts in the 1970s, he was central toestablishing the B.F.A. programs in Acting and in Dance,and he served as the design consultant for the Theresa LangTheatre, which was originally dedicated in 1975 as theMarymount Manhattan Theatre. For that occasion Billdirected the Theatre’s inaugural production of Beckett’s“Waiting for Godot.” The Theatre then served both asclassroom and Off-Broadway venue for professional music,dance and theatre performances. Professor Bordeau wasespecially proud of the five-year residency of the Phoenix
Theatre Company at the Collegewhen students could observe as theearly works and premieres ofMarsha Norman, ChristopherDurang and Wendy Wasserstein.
Professor Bordeau was a guestdirector for Fordham, SUNY StonyBrook and Columbia University andworked professionally in opera,television and film. A boardmember for several institutions,including the Alvin Ailey DanceFoundation, Circum-Arts Foundationand the Neurological ResearchFoundation of NYC, Bill also servedas the U.S. consultant to the DramaStudio (London) where he directedand taught master classes. Duringthe mid-1980s until his retirement,
Bill served as MMC’s first Director of Recruitment forTheatre Arts, taking particular care in mentoring studentsthrough the admissions process and, in collaboration withcolleagues, substantially increasing the program in size and quality.
In recognition of Bill’s many accomplishments, MMC’sBoard of Trustees named him Professor Emeritus of TheatreArts upon his retirement in 1999. To honor his commitmentto the College, alumni, colleagues and friends established theJ. William Bordeau Scholarship at that time.
The College will hold a memorial service for Bill onOctober 4. For more information visit www.mmm.edu.Contributions to the J. William Bordeau Scholarship can besent to the Office of Institutional Advancement atMarymount Manhattan College, 221 E. 71st Street, New York,NY 10021.
Bill is survived by his partner of 24 years, Randal Tupper;by his brother Robert, his sister Jeanne, his sister-in-law Sharon,his niece, nephews, and grandnieces, and many friends.
MMC Loses Beloved Mentor, Professor and Friend J. William Bordeau
(L-R) The late J. William Bordeau, ProfessorEmeritus of Theatre Arts, in attendance at the2008 Dance Gala with close friends Charles Friesand Mary Fleischer, Ph.D., Chair of the Division ofFine and Performing Arts.
Marymount Manhattan Collegecelebrated the academic achievementsof 355 graduates at the College’s 60thBaccalaureate and Commencement onMay 22.
MMC’s Commencement, which tookplace in Avery Fischer Hall at LincolnCenter, featured addresses by President Judson R. Shaver, Ph.D.,Valedictorian Sara Bauknecht ’09, a communication arts major with adouble minor in creative writing andtheatre, and Senior Class SpeakerDavid Alex Andrejko ’09, acting major.
The College presented honorarydegrees to Carla A. Harris, ManagingDirector in the Strategic Client Groupat Morgan Stanley InvestmentManagement, and Dr. William F.Baker, President Emeritus of theEducational Broadcasting Corporation
and Former President and ChiefExecutive Officer of WNET/Channel 13.Harris was presented with an honorarydegree of Doctor of Laws, and Dr.Baker received an honorary degree ofDoctor of Humane Letters in the Arts.
MMC Presents 355 Undergraduate Degrees
Dr. William Baker was awarded anhonorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in the Arts.
MMC’s Valedictorian Sara Bauknecht ’09addresses the senior class.
The Bedford HillsCollege Program(BHCP) heldCommencementExercises on May 28 atthe Bedford HillsCorrectional Facility forWomen. The specialevent attractedgraduates’ families,BHCP supporters,faculty, administratorsand students fromMarymount ManhattanCollege (MMC); and thecommunity-at-large.With the cooperation ofa consortium of New York area colleges, MMC presentedfive Bachelor of Arts and nine Associate of Arts degrees.
New York Times Columnist Clyde Haberman, whowrote a column about BHCP published in the May 29,2009 issue, attended the celebratory event.
Marymount Manhattan has served as the
degree-grantinginstitution for theprogram since thespring of 1997, and hasmanaged its operationssince late 2004. TheBHCP offers non-creditcollege-preparatorycourses in writing andmath, as well as credit-bearing courses leadingto Associate of Arts andBachelor of Artsdegrees. To date, MMChas conferred morethan 110 associate andbachelor’s degrees to
BHCP students since the program’s inception. Cathy Watkins ’09 was the valedictorian and was
also awarded a Marymount Manhattan Gold Key foracademic achievement. Lanie Robertson, an award-winning playwright, was the guest speaker for the 2009 BHCP Commencement.
BHCP graduates with MMC President Judson R. Shaver, Ph.D.
Bedford Hills College Program Garners National Attention
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President Shaver presents Carla A. Harris,Managing Director in the Strategic ClientGroup at Morgan Stanley InvestmentManagement, with an honorary degree ofDoctor of Laws.
Maureen Kavanagh Chilton ’83 andRichard Chilton contributed $25,000 tosupport the William Kavanagh EndowedScholarship through The ChiltonFoundation.
James H. Lynch pledged $10,000 to thecampaign in support of the JacquelineLynch Endowed Scholarship Fund.
Michael G. Norkus made a $10,000unrestricted pledge to support This is the Day.
Trustee Natasha Pearl pledged anadditional $60,000 and contributed anadditional $12,500 in unrestricted supportto the campaign.
Margaret Mahony Prowse ’61 pledged$40,000 to This is the Day and contributed$16,000 to the Annual Appeal.
Madeleine D. Burns ’84 contributed$10,000 to the Madeleine BurnsScholarship through the Ludwig W.Frohlich Charitable Trust.
Jephson Educational Trusts awarded$10,000 for scholarship grants, one of theinitiatives of the College’s comprehensivecampaign.
George I. Alden Trust awarded a$90,000 grant to support the Thomas J.Shanahan Library renovation part of thefacilities enhancement initiative of This is the Day.
The Joseph C. and Clare F. GoodmanMemorial Foundation contributed$30,000 to The Writing Center.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundationawarded a grant of $60,000 for theLearning Communities Program.
Cecilia Tudela-Montero ’90 andFernando Montero pledged $20,000 toThis is the Day.
Trustee James E. Buckman made anadditional pledge of $100,000 to This isthe Day.
Marjorie Porter-Kuhn ’86 pledged$25,000 to the Sr. Judith Savard TravelFellowship, a special initiative of thecampaign.
Marsha A. Hewitt ’67 contributed$25,000 to the Annual Appeal through the Carl and Marsha HewittFoundation, Inc.
Joan Kelleher Heaney ’68 pledged$25,000 to This is the Day.
Trustee Judith M. Carson ’03 pledgedan additional $120,000 to This is the Day.
Trustee Anne C. Flannery ’73 made a further pledge of $50,000 to This is the Day, the Campaign for MarymountManhattan.
The Arthur A. Williams CharitableTrust awarded a grant of $14,500 toprovide scholarship funds for BusinessManagement students.
Trustee Gloria Spinelli Bohan ’63pledged an additional $100,000 towardher challenge to alumni from the 1960’sfor need-based scholarship grants.
Helyn Quinn Waldorf ’50 andChristopher V. Waldorf pledged$10,000 for the Mary Waldorf ScholarshipFund through The Waldorf FamilyFoundation.
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By Megan Youngblood
Studying abroad has become arite of passage for collegestudents, often providing an
experience that changes their culturalviews and delivers insight about theirown identity. Thirty-six MarymountManhattan College students venturedabroad to learn about other cultures in2008-2009, studying in Argentina,Australia, Chile, England, France, India,Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Spain,Switzerland, and a Semester at Seasummer program. Ninety-two percentof these students were female,furthering a trend sweeping across theUnited States according to the OpenDoors 2008 report from the Institute ofInternational Education (IIE).
Three female students representingMMC abroad this year, who eachembarked on separate programs andacademic experiences, includedincoming seniors Rachel Balma ’10,Nathalia Fonseca ’10 and Angela Poh ’10. After incorporatingoverseas study into their academiccareers, they return to MMC with adeeper knowledge of international,political and cultural affairs and abetter understanding of themselves.
Rachel Balma ’10, a theatre artsmajor with minors in internationalstudies and French, spent her entirejunior year studying at the Institute forAmerican Universities’ (IAU) Le Centred’ Aix en Provence in France. She tookcourses in comparative literature,Mediterranean geopolitics, art history,history of France in the media, andFrench language, among others.
Balma chose to immerse herself inthe year-long program because theextended semester allowed for a more
intimate experience with Frenchculture and an understanding of thecity’s idiosyncrasies. During the firstsemester, Balma said that she began tolearn how to adapt to the culture, andby the end of the year, she hadobtained a greater understanding ofthe language, the people and Aix en Provence.
“I think there is something quitespecial about the study abroadexperience that really rips you out ofyour comfort zone and makes youcurious at a time when you’ve alreadybeen ‘independent’ for a couple ofyears,” said Balma, who had spent twoyears at MMC. “I think the experiencehas not only affected the way I’ll dealwith all people in my life in the futurebut how I’ll approach conflicts,difficulties and challenges in all areasof my life.”
Balma left France in July tovolunteer with Habitat for Humanity inZambia, Africa. She built houses with
the Zambia Build 2009 team(www.zambiabuild.org) in Kaoma,participated in local cultural activities,and visited orphanages. When Rachelreturned from her experiences abroadin August, she put her cross-culturalskills to work at Project Common Bond(www.projectcommonbond.org), aunique, international community thatengages children who have lost animmediate family member in a terrorist attack in enjoyable andconstructive activities.
Speech-Language Pathology andAudiology major Nathalia A. Fonseca ’10spent last summer in Barcelona, Spain,studying at the Universidad Autonoma deBarcelona. Foncesca, who also has minorsin Hispanic studies, psychology andeducation, was deciding between Spainand London as her destination butchose Spain because she wanted toimmerse herself in Spanish culture whileimproving her Spanish language skills.
During the three-month Global
CAMPUS VIEWMMC Women Grow in Numbers Abroad
Nathalia Foncesca ’10stands in front of theUniversidad Autonoma deBarcelona during her firstday of the GSE studyabroad program.
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Student Experience (GSE) program,Fonseca took two courses: AdvancedSpanish and Spanish Culture andCivilization. For Foncesca, who claimsto be the “quiet, shy one,” the studyabroad experience allowed her tobreak down her boundaries.
“I had the most amazingexperience,” Fonseca said. “I becamemore independent and gained theconfidence and strength I lacked. Itwas truly a life-changing experiencefor me.”
Studying abroad gives students arare opportunity to discover theculture and values of another society,said David Podell, Ph.D., VicePresident for Academic Affairs anddean of faculty.
“I observe that one of the mostpowerful effects is students’ deeperunderstanding of their own culture andtheir own values, as they see thecontrast between their home countryand the one they are visiting,” saidPodell, who once studied abroad incollege and directed a study abroadprogram in Copenhagen for many years.
Angela Poh ’10, originally fromSingapore, arrived at MarymountManhattan with three years ofundergraduate musicology and piano
performance studies from the CentralConservatory of Music in Beijing. Poh,a philosophy and religious studiesmajor and an Asian studies minor atMMC, witnessed both the Sichuanearthquake and the Beijing Olympicsand became fascinated with China’sethnic minority, whose culture shebelieves has been compromised sincethe onset of modernity.
On August 13-14, Poh traveled toBangkok, Thailand, to present herresearch paper, “Mongolian Music in aPost-Secular China,” at the 3rd Annual
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Angela Poh ’10, originally fromSingapore, arrived at MMC withthree years of undergraduatemusicology and pianoperformance studies from theCentral Conservatory of Music inBeijing.
MMC Becomes Member ofLarge Study Abroad Network
Marymount Manhattan Collegerecently joined the Council on International Educational Exchange(CIEE) Academic Consortium (AC),a non-governmental internationaleducation network of more than200 institutions from 10 countries.
Academic Consortium (AC)membership grants students ofmember colleges the eligibility forspecific CIEE scholarships, includingthe Robert B. Bailey Scholarship,the John E. Bowman Travel Grant,and the CIEE-International StudyPrograms Scholarship.
The Consortium of colleges anduniversities also serves as thevehicle through which the memberinstitutions provide accreditation toCIEE programs.
In addition to the AcademicConsortium of CIEE, MMC hasjoined the College Consortium forInternational Studies (CCIS).
“Together, these two consortiahave programs in 50 countries andoffer MMC students a wide rangeof programs in terms of sites, hostinstitutions, language instructionand costs,” said Cindy Sittler,MMC’s Study Abroad Coordinator.
Through the Academic Consortiummembership, educators can alsoparticipate in 26 summer seminarsin 28 countries.Rachel Balma ’10 (right) poses with her first-semester
roommate in front of the Rotonde Fountain, the largestfountain in the center of Aix en Provence.
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Writers’ ConferencePromotes Hope for
New Age in Publishing
The Campus ActivitiesBoard hosted StrawberryFestival: “Cirque duStrawberry” on May 6.Strawberry Festival is anannual tradition atMarymount Manhattan tocelebrate the end of theacademic year. The MMCcommunity enjoyed a dayof food and fun activitiesthat included BouncyBoxing, dunk tank, aballoon artist, a photobooth and face painting.A DJ provided a livelycollection of music throughout the afternoon and The Soldiers of Hip-Hop alsoperformed on 71st Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues.
During The Writing Center’s 2009Writers’ Conference and Intensives,editors and writers collaboratedJune 1-4 at Marymount ManhattanCollege, fostering ideas for thefuture of the print industry. OnJune 4, the conference’s keynoteeditor speaker J. Peter Scoblicaddressed what he called “a darktime for publishing.”
More than 200 expert andaspiring writers attended theconference. The Memoir panel,moderated by Lance Morrow,included panelists GertrudeVanderbilt Whitney Conner,Carole Gault, Dani Shapiro,Kenneth Whyte and Bob Morris,who drew the largest audience.Writing Intensives led by LanceMorrow, William Zinsser, MegWolitzer and Ellen Sandler wereheld at Marymount Manhattan fromMonday through Thursday.
Panelists included writers MaryHiggins Clark, Colin Harrison,Daphne Merkin, Bruce JayFriedman, Ben Cheever, TonyHendra, Jeffrey Deaver, HarryEvans, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt and others. Other keynotespeakers included Joseph O’Neill,the author of Netherland, andChristopher Reich, the author ofthe best-seller Rules of Deception.
(L-R) Panelists Meredith Berlin andKathryn Livingston join moderatorChristopher Lehmann-Haupt inconversation on the Editors Panel.
MMC Community Enjoys Strawberry Festival
International Asian Cultural StudiesAssociation Conference.
Her paper investigates the“reconstruction” of the (Inner)Mongolian identity in a post-culturalrevolution China and argues that Chinahas evolved into a “post-secular”society following Deng Xiaoping’sOpen-Door policy. Through Mongolianmusic and religion, she examines thereconstruction of the Mongolianidentity and finds that it consists of amix of Tibetan Buddhism, shamanismand folk customs.
“Angela’s research conclusion isboth original and might bring thetopic, seldom studied outside of China,to the attention of non-Chinesescholars,” said Yu-Yin Cheng, Ph.D.,associate professor of history, whohelped Poh explore new ideas andconstruct a thesis for her paper.
“Until now, research on Mongolianmusic in English remains to focus onthe Republic of Mongolia,” Cheng said.
While female students continue tomake strides abroad, students who
choose not to study abroad aremissing out on career development,Podell said. When Podell directed astudy abroad program in the 1990’s,he witnessed the beginnings of thetrend that female students studyabroad more frequently than males.
“I’m not sure what underlies thispattern, but I fear that many studentsare missing out on an opportunity that may not present itself again,”Podell said.
As every field in the job marketbecomes more competitive, thepersonal and intellectual growth thatcomes with studying abroad yieldssignificant advantages for graduatingstudents entering the job market.
“If an employer values a potentialemployee’s ability to adapt, to thinkcreatively, or to represent anorganization well, a student who hasstudied abroad will have distinctadvantages to one who has not,”Podell said. “Most students changeprofoundly. Their assumptions arechallenged; their understanding ofwhat is possible grows; they seethemselves differently.”
Theatre Arts majors Peter Martin ’11 and Katie Dimery ’11 sampled organic strawberries at the annual Strawberry Festival.
Students AbroadContinued from page 9
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From April 30-May 9, MMC DanceDepartment’s 2009 Spring Repertoire paidhomage to a variety of choreographers.The performance featured a suite of duetsby Martha Graham, excerpts from TheMost Dangerous Room in the House bySusan Marshall, and One by TakehiroUeyama. The dance performance alsofeatured two world premieres byChristopher d’Amboise and EdgarZendejas, whose company, ezdanza, isbased in Montreal, Canada.
On May 8, MMC’s Dance Departmenthosted its annual gala. Following thedance performances in The Theresa LangTheatre, a champagne reception was heldin The Great Hall. The gala raised $21,000in support of the MMC Dance Company.
Rei Akazawa ’09 and Armando Morales ’12 perform in Martha Graham’s Helen & Paris duet.
Theatre Arts Students Perform in Sold-out ShowsDuring the spring
semester, MMC’s TheatreProduction Workshoppresented She Stoops toConquer and sold-outperformances ofThoroughly ModernMillie. Under thedirection of AssociateProfessor of Theatre ArtsKevin Connell, She Stoops to Conquerfeatured cast membersDiana Zambrotta ’09,Chip Rodgers ’11,Ryan Rinkel ’10, AmyYoung ’09, EricaKnight, Zac Walker’09, Nick LaMedica ’10and Diana Gonzalaz-Morett in April. With direction by Bob Durkin, Thoroughly Modern Millie featured MelissaBenoist ’11, Michael Longo ’11, Becky Geggatt ’11, Johnny Weissgerber’12, Diana Buchwald ’10, Antoinette Henry ’10, Molly Rose, MatthewMackey ’11, Jesse Marchese ’09, Rachel Jesien ’10, Devin ElizabethNelson ’12, Sammi Meckes ’10, Morgan Smith ’11, Emmy Raver-Lampman ’11, Meghan Fitzgerald ’10, Claire Scholes ’12 and MaeveHalloran ’10 in March.
Hewitt Gallery FeaturesMMC Art Faculty
The Art Department FacultyExhibit, a biennial event featuring arange of media, styles andviewpoints, will run throughSeptember 29 in the Hewitt Galleryof Art. An opening reception will beheld Thursday, September 17 from6-8 p.m. in the Hewitt Gallery. Thegallery will be closed on Monday,September 7.
Amy Young ’09 and Zac Walker ’09 star as Miss KateHardcastle and Charles Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer.
Dance Department Presents Spring Repertoire and Annual Gala
Millie Falcaro,M.F.A., assistantprofessor of art,is exhibiting “RedCosmos Diptych”in the facultyshow. She usesan image-makingpractice thatinvolves a directmethod via thecamera-lesstechnique of the photogram.Her artworkincorporatesplant life asmetaphors forthe cycles of life.
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ALUMNI AVENUE
The MMC Alumni Association welcomed new alumni at itsinduction dinner on May 21. The annual event recognized student,faculty and staff accomplishments. President of the AlumniLeadership Council Marilyn Mills ’02 spoke on behalf of theMMC Alumni Association and encouraged graduating seniors toremain involved with their alma mater.
Senior Marshal Chair Holly Dougherty ’09 announced thesenior class gift by presenting a fax machine and scanner to thelibrary. Alexandra Krueger ’09, Senior Marshal, presented theOutstanding Administrator Award to the Assistant Dean/Directorof Student Activities Rosemary Ampuero, M.A. Senior MarshalsIan Ames ’09 and Jessica Coleman ’09 awarded AssistantProfessor of Communication Arts Anastacia Kurylo, Ph.D., with the Outstanding Faculty Award.
MMC Alumni Association Inducts Class of 2009
Senior Marshals: (Standing L-R) Monet Hurst-Mendoza ’09,Diana Zambrotta ’09, Alexandra Krueger ’09; (Sitting L-R)Jessica Coleman ’09, Ian Ames ’09, Angelique Smith ’09 and Holly Dougherty ’09.
Alumni Celebrate Anniversaries at Reunion 2009
Eilene Bertsch ’59 receives The Pere Gailhac Award from President Judson R. Shaver., Ph.D.
Reunion 2009 brought together morethan 120 alumni, who celebrated MMCgraduation anniversaries. Members from theclasses of ’49, ’54, ’59, ’64, ’69, ’74, ’79, ’84,’89, ’94, ’99 and ’04 attended the celebrationon Saturday, May 30. After attending amorning Mass, alumni gathered in the GreatHall for the Reunion luncheon that honoredEilene Keller Bertsch ’59 with the PereGailhac Award and Alice Riley Finley ’79with the Sr. Raymunde McKay Award.
Following lunch, alumni took class
photos and assembled in the ReginaPeruggi Room to view a slideshow andparticipate in the Q&A “MMC Then andNow” with Dean Peter Baker, M.A., VicePresident for Institutional Research andPlanning, and Professor of CommunicationArts Alister Sanderson, Ph.D. Alumnithen had the chance to reconnect with oneanother at their class meetings. A cocktailreception on The Lowerre Family Terraceallowed guests to enjoy a beautiful spring evening.
Alice Finley ’79 receives The Sr. Raymunde McKay Award fromPresident Judson R. Shaver, Ph.D.
Members of the Class of 1959 smile for the camera during MMC’s Reunion.
Marymount Manhattan alumnaGeraldine A. Ferraro ’56, J.D., wasthe featured speaker at the “DialogueIn/As Action” Conference presentedJune 12 and 13 at the College. TheNetwork for Peace Through Dialogue(NPTD), in collaboration with MMC,presented the two-day conferencethat focused on the methods,processes, and actions of dialogue in the business, political and social arenas.
On June 12, Ferraro participated in
an on-stage interview conducted byNPTD Board Member LaurenceBerg. The interview, which tookplace in the Theresa Lang Theatre,provided audience members with anopportunity to learn about the art ofdialogue through Ferraro’s personalexperience in politics and everydaylife. Ferraro, an attorney, Democraticpolitician and a former member ofthe U.S. House of Representatives,spoke candidly about her experiencevisiting foreign countries.
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During the spring and early summer,the Office of Alumni Relations andMMC alumni enjoyed contemporary artin Chelsea, toured the history ofGreenwich Village, took in a LincolnCenter swing night, and watched amovie in Bryant Park.
On April 18, Mary Brown, Ph.D.,the archivist at MMC’s Thomas J.Shanahan Library and adjunctprofessor in the history department,led alumni on an in-depth tour of
Greenwich Village. Stops along theway included Cooper Union and PeterCooper’s statue, McSorley’s Ale House,the Joseph Papp Public Theatre, andJudson Memorial Church.
MMC Art Professor Merrily Kerr,M.A., led alumni on a May 16th tourof six Chelsea galleries. Since the firstgalleries opened in Chelsea a decadeago, the area has changed dramaticallyto include some of the mostcontemporary and young up-and-coming spaces.
On three different nights, alumnicurled up on Bryant Park’s lawn forthe HBO Bryant Park Summer FilmFestival. Participants enjoyed a picnicdinner while watching feature filmClose Encounters of the Third Kind.
On July 22, Lincoln Center’sMidsummer Night Swing had alumnidancing in Damrosch Park. Big BadVoodoo Daddy, the little big band thathelped ignite the 90’s swing scene,played high-octane nitro jive after Erik Novoa and Anna Brady gaveswing lessons.
On June 20, alumni toured TheCloisters Museum and Garden. TheCloisters, a branch of The Metropolitan
Museum of Art devoted to the art andarchitecture of medieval Europe, wasassembled from architectural elements,both domestic and religious, that datefrom the twelfth through the fifteenthcentury. Its collection also comprisesapproximately 5,000 works of art frommedieval Europe, dating from aboutthe ninth to the fifteenth century. Thetour included discussions of theMuseum’s gardens and the famousUnicorn Tapestries.
On August 20, MMC alumnigathered at the new Citi Field to watchJerry Manuel’s New York Mets take onBobby Cox’s Atlanta Braves.
MMC Alumna Geraldine A. Ferraro ’56answers questions during a discussion led by Laurence Berg,Board Member with the Network forPeace Through Dialogue.
Mary Shea ’94 and Mary-Ann BradyBennet ’69 at the Gladstone Gallery.
Mary Brown describes the GreenwichHouse as a “settlement” to PhyllisGwatkin ’67, Janice Fodero, PeterConnolley, Louise Ross ’83, EileenConnolley ’65, Teresa Curmi ’03 andArcadius Kazimierski.
Dialogue Conference Features Geraldine A. Ferraro ’56
Manhattan Sets Stage for MMC Alumni Events
A Family
Marymount
Manhattan
College
(MMC) has been a
home for many
students seeking a
quality liberal arts
education. Since 1936,
when MMC was
founded by The
Religious of the Sacred
Heart of Mary, the
College has graduated
many students who
have gone on to have
families of their own,
and sometimes their
children have also
chosen to follow the
tradition of becoming
a Marymount
Manhattan graduate.
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Jerianne Niebergall Warren ’72 chose MarymountManhattan College to make a change from her Collegeexperience in the Midwest.
“I was very unhappy. I wanted the college experience,but wanted to study dance,” said Jerianne, whotransferred from Butler University. “Very few colleges atthe time offered a dance program that was not linked tothe physical education major. I did not want to study in aconservatory, but wanted a liberal arts education andMarymount Manhattan offered what I was looking for. Ialso was able to take all my education classes thatallowed me to become certified to teach. As a transferstudent, I felt Marymount was very accommodating andmade me feel welcome from day one.”
Jerianne graduated magna cum laude with a major inCommunication Arts and a minor in Dance. “At the timethere was no dance major, but the college offered anindependent study program that allowed one to takedance classes outside of the college and receive collegecredit,” she said. “So, I took ballet classes with PeterNelson, jazz at Luigi, and modern at the Graham Schoolin addition to my dance classes at MMC.”
Jerianne’s most memorable experience is also tied to asignificant time in the College’s history.
“Looking back and attending my son Jacob’s danceperformances in The Theresa Lang Theatre, I love that Iwas part of the ground breaking ceremony in 1972 forthis theatre—then on a vacant lot on 72nd Street,” shesaid. “Rudy Perez choreographed ‘Lot Piece’ which was a part of the ground-breaking ceremony and a pieceI performed.”
Jacob ’09, Jerianne’s oldest son, followed his mom’sfootsteps, in more ways than one.
When Jacob began the process of looking for a college,he wasn’t sure what specific discipline of the performingarts he wanted to specialize in. With only two years offormal dance training, Jacob applied to an array of schoolsfor musical theatre, acting, and dance before deciding on
Marymount Manhattan.“It was my mother who suggested applying to MMC in
the first place,” Jacob said. “I visited the school, had aninterview and a tour, and loved it. I thought to myself, ‘It’sa small school, the training seems intense, and the facultyseems very dedicated.’ I was right.”
Jacob pursued dance intensively and graduated in May2009 with a B.F.A. in dance and a minor in musicaltheatre. Through it all, Jacob said his mother continued tosupport his passion for dance—“She was ultimately theone who led me to this wonderful place where I wouldlearn to dance.”
On stage in The Theresa Lang Theatre was where Jacobcollected his most memorable experiences.
“I remember stepping onstage for the very first time,”Jacob fondly recalls. “It was in a dress rehearsal forAnthony Ferro’s Fall 2005 Repertory Piece. I split a rollwith my classmate Joshua Tuason ’08. In the first of theparts, I walked around stage wearing an orangeelectrician’s suit, revving a drill. I had to dance the secondpart the night of the rehearsal, the part of “Humanity,” arepresentation of the human element in the political themeof the piece. The first step out of the wing was a long,sideways lunge. As soon as I took the first step, my shorts,a brand new, hand-made costume, split wide open, rightdown my crotch, leaving me utterly exposed. I have sincemade a handsome career of tearing costumes to piecesunintentionally on that beautiful stage.”
During his years at MMC, Jacob eventually grew as adancer and was presented with the opportunity to take the Theresa Lang Stage in a solo for Edgar Zendejas’ piece, “Azadi.”
“It was joy I have never felt,” he said. “Being alone onthat stage is like being alone in the universe, and havingthe infinite potential to bend space and discover ways ofmoving you never knew you could perform.”
Evan ’11 is an English major and the latest member of
AffairWarren Family Keeps MMC Legacy Alive
By Manny Romero
Continued on page 17
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By Megan Youngblood
W hen Cristiana Shields ’08decided to attendMarymount Manhattan
College (MMC) in 2004, she had grownup hearing stories about MMC fromher mom, Barbara Casolaro Shields ’66,who began studying English when theCollege had recently become a four-year independent institution. TheCollege wasn’t co-ed then, nuns stillprepared meals every day, and allstudents needed to pass swimmingclass in order to graduate.
“If you had a ham sandwich,someone had a ham in the oven and [a nun] was cooking it,” Barbara saidabout eating in the cafeteria thestudents called “Tea House.”
After 1961, MMC was granted anindependent charter, and 568 studentswere enrolled in 1963. MMC nowenrolls approximately 2,000 studentsfrom 48 states and 36 countries. Diversepopulations began attending MMC in
the 70’s and expanded to include agreater variety of students, includingmen, nontraditional students andstudents from a variety of ethnic andgeographic backgrounds. Even withthese changes occurring in the studentbody and a shift in curriculum over the
years, Barbara said the heart ofMarymount Manhattan remains intact.
“The neighborhood hasn’t changed,”Barbara said, “in the sense that [MMC]is a community within a large booming metropolis.”
Marymount Manhattan makesconnections to New York City’sintellectual and cultural life and opensthe world to its students, Barbara said.The College’s smaller, one-on-oneatmosphere allows professors toestablish these close relationships.
“When I was applying for college, Iwas so torn between wanting a bigcampus life with sororities and all thatfun stuff and wanting to be one stepahead of everyone else,” said Cristiana,
who received a Bachelor of Arts inpolitical science.
MMC’s small class structure was aprivilege she said her friends at otherNew York colleges didn’t have.Cristiana’s professors challenged her tothink about issues using multipleperspectives. When Cristiana wasresearching autism for her capstoneproject, Michelle Ronda, M.A.,associate professor of sociology, wasinstrumental in connecting Cristianawith resources and a network withinher field. Even today, Cristiana said,Ronda keeps her informed on thelatest autism research and events.
“It’s almost like a professionalmentorship,” Barbara said.
Through MMC, she got a job withCoach, which was recruiting for a salesassociate position in the Black andWhite Gallery while she was attendingMarymount Manhattan. After workingat the company flagship on 57th andMadison for three years, she was
MMC’s Core Values Span Generations
(L-R) Barbara ’66and CristianaShields ’08 reflecton their time spentat MarymountManhattan.
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the Warren Family to attend MarymountManhattan. Evan had just graduatedfrom the Center For Digital ImagingArts with a certificate in digital filmmaking, when he made the decision toattend Marymount Manhattan. Afterhaving conversations with his motherand older brother, Evan decided tokeep the MMC tradition alive.
“My mother was probably the onewho put the idea in my head to applyat first,” Evan said. “But it was acombination of being in New YorkCity, a few conversations I had withmy brother, and a visit to the MMCcampus. And so far, the experience hasbeen good.”
So good in fact, Evan says he hasgained a greater appreciation for onearea of study.
“Marymount Manhattan is alreadyleaving a lasting mark on me,” Evansaid. “Since attending classes, I havegreatly increased my love of literatureand writing, and a great deal of that Icredit to the professors I’ve had.”
Jerianne and Jacob echo Evan’s
statement and say MMC professorsprovide more than a wealth ofknowledge in the classroom. In fact,they continue to apply what they’velearned from MMC experts.
“Without a doubt, Bill Bordeau(Theatre Professor Emeritus)influenced my life,” said Jerianne. “Hewas an engaging teacher, tapped intothe professional world of dance thathe shared with his students andresponsible for developing what isnow a top dance and theatre program.Later, when I developed my ownprogram at Las Positas College inLivermore, CA, Bill served as mymentor. I saw him regularly at DanceDepartment functions and I am happythat I am still in touch with him after38 years.”
Jacob is thankful for the pride hisprofessors instilled in him and hisfellow classmates, and for “dedicatingthemselves, above all to creatingbreathtaking art, and fostering thedevelopment of the greatest dancers Ihave come to know,” he said.
“Dance Professor Anthony Ferrobegan my training, and sparked myinterest in ballet, for which I could
never thank him enough,” Jacob said.“Professor Katie Langan (Chair of theDance Department) took the next stepand through thick and thin pushed meto become the greatest dancer I couldbe. She drove me to realize my ownpotential, and gave me the means toachieve any goal I set my life towards.She changed my life, and she foreverchanged the way I move. I owe mycareer to her, as does anyone who hadthe honor of learning from her.”
Marymount Manhattan has a specialplace in the hearts of Jerianne andJacob. Both describe MMC as a placethat welcomed them with open armsand provided them with a foundationto express their creativity and to growinto the people they are today.
College life at MMC has just begunfor Evan. However, what he’s learnedfrom his mother and brother, Evan sayshis future looks bright.
“Next semester I am really lookingforward to taking my first class increative writing, which I have beenlooking forward to for quite a while,”Evan said. “I am also excited to bestudying journalism. I think I have a lotto look forward to this semester.”
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promoted to her current managementposition with the company’s Legacyboutique on Bleecker Street.
Barbara is a writer, currentlyworking on a fiction piece. She is alsowriting grant proposals andcreating stewardship reports andfundraising publications at Winthrop-University Hospital’s Cancer Center for Kids, where she was formerlythe director of development. Shebegan her career in publishing, andgrew tremendously as a writer atMMC, especially through the influence of her professor Dr. Joseph P. Clancy, she said.
“Writing really has sustained mebecause I’ve made my living my wholelife from writing,” said Barbara, whoreceived a B.A. in English.
When Barbara worked at McGrawHill, only about 15 percent of womenrepresented the management level.During the 60’s, her writing skills sether apart in publishing at a time whenthe majority of women in businesswere given a typewriter to be asecretary, she said.
“A woman, especially in the
business world in the 60’s, couldn’treally be assertive,” Barbara said. “So Ihad tools that I learned from attendingMarymount Manhattan—maybe itwasn’t anything you could write onpaper, but I kind of absorbed it fromwatching people and watching someof the teachers and how theyconducted themselves.”
Taking classes that addressed socialissues, crafted the way Barbaraaddressed problems or confrontationsin the business world.
“You learned how to treat peopleand how to be the person you wantedto be,” Barbara said. “I’m very proudthat I went to Marymount Manhattan,and I have a place in my heart for it,especially when my daughter came here.”
”“The neighborhood hasn’t
changed in the sense that
[MMC] is a community
within a large booming
metropolis.—Barbara Shields ’66
By Manny Romero
Marymount Manhattan science professors and theirstudents spent this summer conducting focusedresearch. The biology majors participated in
summer science research at MMC are able to contextualizetheir coursework with hands-on experience, while makingfundamental discoveries about the natural world.
MMC AssistantProfessor of ChemistryAlessandra Leri,Ph.D., recently visitedthe Brendan ByrneState Forest in thePine Barrens of NewJersey along with herresearch student,Laura Herren ’11, tocollect soil and mulchsamples forbiochemical analysis.Herren and Lerimeasured the activityof the enzymechloroperoxidase inforest ecosystems.Under certainconditions, thisenzyme can chlorinateorganic material andthus may beimplicated in thenatural formation oforganochlorine
molecules in plant litter decaying on the forest floor. “Organochlorine molecules have a bad reputation as
toxic, manmade pollutants, but they are also producednaturally in the environment,” Leri said. “We know thatthese Pine Barrens soils have high concentrations of naturalorganochlorine, but we don’t fully understand how it’sproduced. Laura developed a method to assaychloroperoxidase activity in these soils, to identify apotential biochemical pathway of natural chlorination.”
Associate Professor of Biology Ann Aguanno, Ph.D.,conducted research with Ray Romano ’11 and OlympiaGaglioti ’12. They examined the role of the protein cyclindependent kinase 5 (CDK5) in the development of tissuesystems in mammals.
“Specifically we investigated the function of CDK5 in theestablishment of the nervous system,” Aguanno said. “Wehave shown that CDK5 plays a role in the shape andtherefore the function of neurons. We have further shownthat disruption of CDK5’s activity resulted in abnormalneuron structure and ultimately may lead to abnormalfunctioning of the nervous system. This has implications fordiseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.”
Aguanno’s team also examined the role CDK5 plays inthe developing pancreas, specifically in the ability of thepancreas to make and secrete insulin.
FACULTY FOCUSSummer Offers Opportunities for Scientific Research
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Alessandra Leri, Ph.D., (left)and Laura Herren ’11 recently visited the Brendan Byrne StateForest in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.
Associate Professor of Biology Ann Aguanno, Ph.D., (center)conducted research with biologymajors Ray Romano ’11 (left) andOlympia Gaglioti ’12 (right).
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“Preliminary results show that CDK5is important in the regulation of insulinproduction and availability in thedeveloping and mature pancreas,”Aguanno said. “This of course bearsgreat implications for diseasesassociated with insulin dysregulation,such as diabetes.”
Aguanno’s research students presentat three conferences each year. “Wewill also try to publish our results in anappropriate journal,” she said. “Wehave been conducting thisinvestigation in my lab for more than10 years, even before I came to MMC.All of the results contribute to theongoing research project.”
Associate Professor of Chemistry Benedetta SampoliBenitez, Ph.D., worked with Jasmina Bogdanovic ’11, toconduct research using computational methods to examinethe DNA/protein interactions of DNA polymerase X, whichis a protein that repairs damaged DNA to preserve genomicintegrity.
“In particular, we studied how this protein candiscriminate the correct base pair versus a wrong oneduring DNA repair,” Benitez said. “In order to do that, weused molecular models and molecular dynamics simulationsand compare our results with available experimentalkinetics data.”
Benitez and Bogdanovic will continue doing researchduring the next academic year and will present their resultsat an international conference next April in California, inaddition to a local undergraduate research conference inBaltimore in October. The team also hopes to have itsresults published in a peer-reviewed journal sometime next year.
The research project was done in collaboration with Dr. Tamar Schlick, professor of chemistry and mathematicsat New York University. Dr. Karunesh Arora, a ResearchFellow with the Michigan State University, also collaboratedon this project by providing his expertise on DNApolymerases.
Zachary Barbati ’10 worked with Associate Professor ofBiology Judith Hanks, Ph.D., to study the chemicalmakeup of plants for potential antibacterial phytochemicals.Hanks said the ever-increasing resistance of humanpathogens to current antimicrobial agents is a seriousmedical problem.
“Since plants have been the historical source of medicinesthere is interest in finding novel plant compounds fortreatment of disease,” Hanks said, “and testing those thathave been purported to have medicinal properties.”
During this research project, Barbati learned thetechniques that are used in these types of studies -extracting plant chemicals, culturing microorganisms,
preparing appropriate media, testingthe extracts for antimicrobialproperties, and beginning theidentification of compounds thatexhibit potential.
The team collaborated with MMCalumna Dr. Sarah Crawford ’76, whois a molecular biologist at theUniversity of Southern Connecticut inNew Haven. Crawford is working witha plant extract from the fern,Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern),which has shown to be effectiveagainst both breast carcinoma cells andglioblastoma cells. Barbati has visitedDr. Crawford’s lab in New Haven twice
and will begin preliminary chemical characterization of theextract in a project that will continue throughout his senioryear.
All of the student research projects are supportedthrough MMC Science Awards or funding through the RoseM. Badgeley Charitable Trust.
MMC’s science professors agree that conducting scientificresearch during the summer months has many advantagesfor both students and faculty.
“In the summer months, I can train my students one-on-one and spend valuable time with them to advance theirskills and ultimately advance my research project,” Aguanno said.
“To those of us in science at MMC,” said Hanks, “thesummer provides an uninterrupted opportunity to conductour research, pursue our specific areas of interest, andengage in learning that benefits us, our students, and thescientific community.”
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Jasmina Bogdanovic '11 (left) andAssociate Professor of ChemistryBenedetta Sampoli Benitez, Ph.D.examined the DNA/protein interactions ofDNA polymerase X.
(Right) Zachary Barbati ’10, a biology major, worked withAssociate Professor of Biology Judith Hanks, Ph.D. (left) tostudy the chemical makeup of plants for potential antibacterialphytochemicals.
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Ann Aguanno, Ph.D., associateprofessor of biology, and two MMCbiology research students presentedat the 2009 Annual ExperimentalBiology Conference in New Orleans,La., in April 2009. Devin Columbus’09 presented data addressing theimpact of peer mentors on thetraining of undergraduates to conductbiology research in a liberal artssetting. Jessica Stevens ’09 presenteddata implicating a relationship betweendiabetes and neurodegenerativedisease. These research findings werealso published in the Journal of theFederation of American Societies forExperimental Biology (FASEB Journal).
Sue Behrens, Ph.D., professor ofcommunication sciences and disorders,recently published a book review onNSTA Recommends about The Atomand the Apple by Sebastien Balibar.Her essay “Service Learning” appearedin the spring 2009 issue of Field Notes,a publication of the Masters of Arts inTeaching at Bard College. Behrenscurrently has an article, “Control/F to aStronger Vocabulary,” in press with theResearch and Teaching inDevelopmental Education journal.
Adrienne BaxterBell, Ph.D.,assistant professorof art history, gavea lecture entitled“Asher B. Durand:Philosopher of theHudson” as partof the symposium“Home on theHudson: Women& Men Picturingthe Nineteenth-century Hudson ValleyWhere They Lived” at The GraduateCenter, City University of New York onJune 12, 2009. Bell explored the role ofthe “metapicture”—a type of paintingthat seems to be concerned primarilywith the art of painting—in Durand’smiddle period and the relationship ofthis pictorial form to his role as a
preeminent Hudson River Schoolaesthetician. The symposium, whichcoincided with an exhibition of thesame name, was co-sponsored by theBoscobel Historic Site in New York.
Millie Burns, M.F.A., assistantprofessor of art and director of theHewitt Gallery of Art, was a Scholar-in-Residence at New York University(NYU). Through participation in theFaculty Resource Network VisitingScholar Program, Burns iscollaborating with the NYU communityto refine materials for a new course.With research consultants and fellowprogram participants, she isexperimenting with a range ofteaching methodologies. Burns is alsousing the residency to delve intostatistical software, including SPSS,SAS, and STATA. Inspired by fellowscholars, she has begun two newresearch projects: one involving foodand the other dealing with GISanalysis. In addition to her scholarlywork in the program, Burns organizeda day of art, history and culture, andescorted fellow scholars to the BrooklynHistorical Society, BRIC ContemporaryArt, a souk marketplace, and theBrooklyn Museum; she also conducteda docent tour of the public art in theNew York City subway system.
Hallie Cohen,M.F.A., associateprofessor of artand head ofMMC’s ArtDepartment, is thecurator for thePhiloctetes Center for theMultidisciplinaryStudy ofImagination exhibition space, whichoffers educational programs that reachaudiences around the world. Cohenorganizes five to six exhibitions eachyear in the center’s third floor space,displaying the talents of artists fromNew York and around the country.
Through a $20,000 grant from theJohn Templeton Foundation, Cohen willcurate two exhibitions on the spiritualand the visual in math, from Septemberthrough November 2009. Cohen alsopublished two illustrations in StevenHeller’s Design Disasters: GreatDesigners, Fabulous Failure and LessonsLearned, in 2008. She exhibited herwatercolors in January 2009 at theWestbeth Gallery in New York and willbe in the Art Department FacultyExhibition in MMC’s Hewitt Gallery inSeptember 2009.
Millie Falcaro,M.F.A., assistantprofessor of art,has creativeinterests in theintersection ofphotography,psychology andpoetry. Herphotograph, “Foot,” was recentlyawarded second place in theSoHoPhoto’s 14th annual membersjuried exhibition. The guest juror, BrianPaul Clamp, the director of ClampArt, agallery located in Chelsea specializingin contemporary photography said, “Itis the bold, graphic quality of MillieFalcaro’s photogram of a big, greenfoot that excited my interest. An objectso banal, nearly abject, is artisticallyrendered by means of a radical shift ofscale and a strange, happenstancepalette into an odd and beautiful odeto the quotidian.”
Cecilia Feilla, Ph.D., assistantprofessor of English, is currentlyworking on a book manuscript on the tutor-pupil relationship ineighteenth-century fiction. Shepresented a talk on the subject,“Bodies of Knowledge, Bodies ofSeduction: The Private Tutor in Fictionafter Rousseau,” at the RousseauAssociation Colloquium at UCLA inJune 2009, and will be presenting tworelated papers at the Modern LanguageAssociation in December 2009:
Hallie Cohen,M.F.A.
“Foot” by MillieFalcaro, M.F.A.
Adrienne BaxterBell, Ph.D.
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“Mediating Bodies: The Preceptor inEighteenth-Century Fiction andCulture” and “‘The Daughters of Eve’:Science, Seduction, and BiblicalNarrative in the Eighteenth-CenturyGendering of Knowledge.”
In addition, she chaired a panel on“New Directions in Eighteenth-CenturyStudies” at the Northeast ModernLanguage Association (NeMLA) inMarch 2009 and will present a paperentitled “From Periphery to Center:Prud’hon’s Illustrations for The IndianTribe, or Edward and Stellina” at theNortheast American Society forEighteenth-Century Studies inNovember 2009, which is forthcomingas a chapter in Book Illustration in theLong Eighteenth Century (CambridgeScholars Publishing). She publishedtwo articles in 2008-2009: “LiteraryMonsters: Gender, Genius, and Writingin Diderot’s ‘On Women’ and MaryShelley’s Frankenstein” in Hosting the
Monster (Rodopi), and “The EmbodiedCity: Walking and Writing in the UrbanClassroom,” co-written with JensRichard Giersdorf, Ph.D., andMagdalena Maczynska, Ph.D., inTransformations: The Journal ofInclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy.Feilla was scholar-in-residence at NewYork University in spring 2009, andcurrently serves as Director of BritishLiteratures for NeMLA.
MMC seniors awarded AnastaciaKurylo, Ph.D., assistant professor ofcommunication arts, a plaque for theOutstanding Faculty Award at the MMCAlumni Association Induction Dinner.
David Linton, Ph.D., professor ofcommunication arts, was the keynotespeaker at the June 2009 Society forMenstrual Cycle Research conferencein Spokane, Wash.
Peter Naccarato, Ph.D., associateprofessor of English and chair of theHumanities Division, and KatieLeBesco, Ph.D., professor ofcommunication arts and DistinguishedChair, presented “Resisting CulinaryCapital Through the Embrace of ‘Junk,’”at the Joint Annual Meeting of theAgriculture, Food and Human ValuesSociety and the Association for theStudy of Food and Society, held at PennState University in May 2009. They willpresent their paper, “Celebrating ‘Junk’Food Culture: Pleasure, Irony andEarnestness in CarnivalesqueConsumption” at the NationalCommunication Association AnnualConference, in Chicago duringNovember 2009. Additionally, Naccaratoand LeBesco were awarded a SokolGrant to support ongoing research andwriting of their current book project,
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The Landscape PainterJim Holl, M.F.A., associateprofessor of art, will publishThe Landscape Painter, a bookdesigned for art students, inSeptember 2009 with ChartaBooks. It recounts Holl’sefforts to understand through art, the dichotomy betweenthinking and feeling, art and life, artifice and authenticity.Holl came of age in the mid-1970s. At that time, the courseof modern art had been evolving for more than a hundredyears. In the early 70’s, Modern Art had reached itsapotheosis, according to some circles. During this time, Holladdressed anti-art, performance art, earth art, installation art,narrative art, pop art, conceptual art, relational aesthetics,painting and sculpture. This essay and photographicdocumentation tell the story of his development andreflections in relation to the backdrop of events and theorieshe experienced while living and working in New York Cityfrom his arrival in 1974 through 1994.
Stephen HannockJason Rosenfeld, Ph.D.,associate professor of arthistory and DistinguishedChair, published StephenHannock, a fully illustratedmonograph on the importantAmerican landscape painter, inMay 2009. His essay explores the influence of living in NewYork City in the 1980s on Hannock’s work, which has oftenbeen erroneously lumped into the tradition of Americanpanoramic landscape painting dating back to the HudsonRiver School. Instead, Hannock is seen as a powerfullysuggestive postmodern artist, whose works channel issuesof appropriation, textuality, and the challenge of luminosityin paint in particularly incisive ways.
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Athina Leka Aston ’56, B.A., an MMCcommunication arts graduate, is enjoyingher grandchildren. Theresa, 17, isheading to college. Twins, Oscar andFaye, are almost 8 years old. Athinaenjoys every Wednesday picking themup from school and spending time withthem during after-school activities anddinner. Athina is launching a Web siteabout American regional food. It willcover the background of the region,product, favorite recipes and more.
Eileen Brady ’56, B.S., an MMCchemistry graduate, is a Maryknoll Sisterwho returned to her mission in EastTimor. She is involved in a traumahealing program using holistic health methods and a parent education program.
Julianne Thompson Grace ’59, M.A.,who received a B.A. in political sciencefrom MMC, has been elected Presidentof the Board of Directors of the NewCanaan Community Foundation. TheFoundation, established in 1977, managesdonor advised and special interest fundsand makes annual distributions to non-profit organizations in the greaterNew Canaan, Conn., area.
Connie Roccanova ’57, B.A., of PalmBeach Gardens, Fla., and Island Park,N.Y., married John P. Kearns of RockvilleCentre, N.Y., on September 5, 2008. Theymet at a Holy Sepulchre Day ofRecollection at St. Joseph’s Seminary inYonkers on March 3, 2007. Connie’s husband of 44 years, Bill Kerwick, passedaway on June 11, 2002. Connie has fourchildren and 11 grandchildren. John hasthree children and one grandchild.
Elizabeth ter Poorten ’59, M.A.,MMC communication arts alumna,received a master’s from ColumbiaUniversity. She has been married toJacob for 20 years. They have twodaughters, Mieke and Francesca, andfive grandchildren. Mieke lives in SantaMonica and is a talent manager. She willfinish law school in a year. Francescalives in Fernie, British Columbia, whereshe has a yoga studio.
Elizabeth has owned and directed aMontessori School in Croton-on-Hudson,
N.Y., for 40 years. She also has acted inand produced educational films forlibraries, worked in radio, doingvoiceovers. She has been teaching Hathayoga for the past twenty years. Shebecame an Interfaith Minister and was aChaplain for the Red Cross after 9/11.
Elizabeth lives in Croton-on-Hudsonand spends the summer onChincoteague Island with friends andfamily. She has travelled extensively andcontinues to be a life-long learner.
Joyce Heffernan Barber ’69, B.A., isnow the manager of benefitsadministration with Praxair, Inc., inDanbury, Conn. Her husband, David, isin his second career as an adjuncteconomics professor at several localConnecticut colleges. Her son, Jonathan,is going into his senior year at UrsinusCollege in Collegeville, Pa.
Cecilia O’Shea-Boutilier ’69, an MMC psychology graduate, retired from
the New York City Board of Education in 2004 as a special educationsupervisor/assistant principal. She andher husband, Michael, are enjoying the“good life” and are proud to be “FloridaSnowbirds” for five months eachyear. They have an apartment in MiamiBeach and with an ocean view. Ceciliasaid it is truly a paradise.
Rosemary Byrne ’68, J.D., isbeginning a new career as a personaland life coach, specializing in weightmanagement and career transitions, aftermany years as a successful corporateattorney, litigator and mediator. Onceshe was certified as a Life Coach by NewYork University, Rosemary founded Step-By-Step Coaching, working withpeople who want to make change intheir lives but can’t seem to do it ontheir own.
Eleanor M. Imperato ’68, M.A., anMMC English graduate, published herfirst collection of original poetry entitledWoman’s Work. According to SusanAstor, author of Spider Lies and WaltWhitman Birthplace Association Long
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Sullivan ’64 Creates Children’s BooksMaureen Naughten Sullivan ’64, B.A.,is the former publisher and editor ofDBM Publishing, and the author of E-SPEAK (Harcourt) and Boomerangers(Thomson), career press titles dealingwith workplace communications. Herarticles on e-mail and intergenerationalconflict have appeared in the Wall StreetJournal, Fortune, and USA Today. Herarticles on style have appeared inCoastal Living. Sullivan is a corporatecommunications speaker and guestexpert on Martha Stewart Radio’s Making a Living.
In collaboration with illustrator, Alison Josephs, Sullivan has formed MoJoInkworks, a children’s press. She and Josephs have just been awarded theIndependent Publisher’s IPPY Gold Medal for their first work, AnkleSoup (September 2008), in the picture book for children of all ages category.Their second book, Custard and Mustard, (May 2009) is a love letter to ConeyIsland as expressed by Ankle Soup’s canine hero, Carlos the French Bulldog.
Visit www.anklesoup.com and www.custardmustard.com to view the list ofupcoming events surrounding the books.
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Island Poet of the Year, “Many of thepoems in this volume are portraits…some of these are personae of thepoet…others are drawn from Imperato’sfinely tuned observations of family,friends, strangers and created characters.In this way, Woman’s Work reminds meof Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg,Ohio, another book full of intriguingcharacters with whom we quickly feelintimate…it reads like a piece of music,smooth and amazingly lyrical…”
Jean Lovejoy ’66 and husband Doug,Alison Rich Oliver and husband Tom,and Susan McKeon ’66 spent apleasant afternoon with Connie Brady’66. Connie resides at the JewishHospital, located at 120 W. 106th Street,New York, NY 10025, Room 470, (directphone: 212-866-3460). Connie wouldwelcome visitors, particularly ones whobring a dark chocolate Hershey bar.
Dotty Lynch ’66, just signed anotherfour-year contract with the CBS Networkfor radio and exit polling. She continuesto enjoy teaching at American Universityin Washington, D.C.
Jean Samartan Pawlik ’66, B.A., isthe happy mother of three daughtersand eight grandchildren, ranging in ages1 to 10 years old. She has retired as theprincipal of Jean Cahalan and Associates,a real estate brokerage firm, and CahalanCompany, a real estate consulting andappraisal company. Jean foundedWilton’s Children’s Theatre and WiltonSuzuki Violin Program, and was afounding member of the Wilton ArtsCouncil. Today, she has more time toreflect and cherish the friendships shemade at Marymount Manhattan Collegeand the education she received from thededicated professors.
Ruth M. Schofield ’64, LMFT, hasbeen a Licensed Marriage and FamilyTherapist in Connecticut since 1985. Sheworks part time in her Wilton office onRoute 7 and in her home office here inNewtown, Conn. Ruth’s husband, Bart, isalso now a Licensed Marriage andFamily Therapist. He went back toschool for his master’s at age 59.
Their three adult children are allmarried. The eldest, Scott, and his wife,Lisa, live and work in Los Angeles.Scott’s in post production, and Lisa doesediting—most recently working on theT.V. show “Kyle XY.” Ruth’s daughter,Kate, spouse Charlie and their twochildren, Charlotte, 6, and Daniel, 4,relocated to North Carolina last spring.Kate is employed with a mortgage
company, and Charlie is the homeparent. Kate and Charlie’s oldest son,Nick, graduated from high school thisspring. Ruth’s daughter, Aleecia, and herhusband, Faisal, have been married fiveyears and live in the San Francisco area.She is finishing her Ph.D. in publicpolicy and engineering managementfrom Carnegie Mellon. Aleecia spendsthree weeks of the month in SanFrancisco and one week in Pittsburgh.Faisal is working with a startup companywith some friends and loving thechallenge of getting it going.Ruth and Bart are looking to semi-retireand relocate to a warmer climate,although they have not made definiteplans. Ruth wishes all well and hopesthat you are clear minded and ablebodied. She would love to hear fromyou should you be in the area. Feel free to check out her Web site:Ruthandbartschofield.com.
Barbara Casolaro Shields ’66 is theproud mom of Ryan, best-selling author;Maria, doctoral candidate in Miami; andChristiana ’08, assistant manager atCoach. Barbara is currently employed atWinthrop-University Hospital CancerCenter and recently snagged aghostwriting job for a biography.
Margaret E. Smith ’60, M.S., an MMCpsychology graduate, wishes to extend abelated thank you to the originalMarymount Maritones singing group forworking so hard to establish a groupthat became a college tradition. Fall 2009marks the 50th anniversary of theMarymount Maritones. The originalMaritones included founders PeggyMinarovich Smith ’60 and EleanorHammond Noll ’60, and IreneAdiarte, Patricia Caparelli ’62,Loretta Deneher ’62, Ann MarieMcGovern ’61, Maureen McGraneMayer ’61, Mary McMahon andEileen Monahan Carroll ’61.
Leslie Humm Cormier ’73, Ph.D., haspublished The Greenwood Encyclopediaof Homes Through American History,Volume III, 1901-1920 (GreenwoodPublishing 2008), on early modernarchitecture. Leslie received a Ph.D. fromBrown University in 1986 as a KressFellow, and she is now an adjunctprofessor of visual arts at EmersonCollege in Boston, teaching history andtheory of modern art, architecture and
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Linda Basilice-Hoerrner ’71,B.S. has joined the NewYork real estate firm Stribling and Associates.
After graduating fromMMC, Peggy Richards ’84,B.F.A. became a Rolfingmassage therapist.
Jean Samartan Pawlik ’66, B.A., enjoysretirement and spending time with herthree daughters and eight grandchildren.
Eleanor M. Imperato ’68, M.A., publishedher first collection of original poetry entitled Woman’s Work.
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design. Leslie and her husband, Vernon,live in Wellesley, Mass., having recentlyreturned from sabbatical in Australia. She returns to Manhattan as often as shecan for museum exhibitions, skyscrapersand Central Park.
Gilda Farias Healy ’76, M.A.,completed the master’s program inmuseum professions at Seton HallUniversity. She is currently looking for amuseum position while working as avolunteer for a local historical society asa docent. Gilda and her husband,Michael, recently spent vacation time inSan Diego, Calif., and the pandas are stilla big hit.
Linda Basilice-Hoerrner ’71, B.S., hasembarked on a new career in New Yorkreal estate sales with Stribling andAssociates at the Madison Avenue office.
During the course of 35 years, Lindahas bought, sold and renovated manyproperties in New York, Florida andPennsylvania. Linda was an investor inthe nationally recognized Carmines andVirgils restaurants. Her present portfolioincludes multiple real estate investmentsas well as owning several thoroughbredrace horses that are currently trained inNew York, Kentucky and Florida inpreparation for racing in some of themost prestigious stakes races across the country.
Linda embarked upon herprofessional career at age 21 as a highschool science and math teacher. Afterattending Marymount Manhattan, shecompleted her master’s at St. John’sUniversity. She credits her skills as ateaching professional in laying thegroundwork for her future successdealing with many challenges.
When not attending to the needs ofher clients, you can find Linda enjoyingthe pursuit of her other passions. Theblessings of a loving family and friendsare her greatest joy. Linda, a devoted“people person,” also works tirelessly topromote the success of variouscharitable organizations and programs.Through the years, she has served onmultiple committees and/or chairedseveral philanthropic events forMadonna Heights, Crohn’s and ColitisFoundation of LI and Wall Street CharityFund. Most recently, Linda and herhusband, Augie, have started anendowment to benefit Dowling Collegestudents with Learning Disabilities.
Rosalie Tyler Long ’74, B.A.,celebrated her 85th birthday this pastMay and was honored by her family
with a celebration and tribute. Her manyaccomplishments were highlighted in aprogram that was distributed to all whoattended. Rosalie graduated fromMarymount Manhattan in 1974 with aB.A. in sociology, she is also a graduateof Columbia Hospital School of Nursing,Cola, South Carolina, and she has amaster’s in Health Care Administrationfrom C.W. Post, Long Island University.Rosalie served on the Board of Directorsof Montefiore Comprehensive HealthCare Center, received awards for herwork as president of Key Women ofAmerica and for her work in theChildren’s Court in the BenjaminBanneker School. She also received acertificate of appreciation as well as anHonorary Doctorate Degree from theAbyssinian Baptist Church and wasvoted Alumni of the year 2008 byColumbia Hospital Nurses Alumnae,Columbia, South Carolina. Rosalie is awidow, mother of three daughters, one granddaughter and three great grandsons.
Miriam Muley ’76, M.B.A., recentlypublished The 85% Niche: The Power ofWomen of All Colors—Latina, Black, andAsian. In her book, Miriam argues that women of color generate nearly $1 trillion in consumer spending andanother $230 billion as entrepreneurs,yet most companies market to women asa monolithic group, aiming primarily atwhite women. With proprietary research,Miriam explores how cultural and ethnicdifferences shape the way womenrespond to life experiences. The result isa concise and practical guide to whatdrives the trillion dollar women of colormarket to consider brands for futurepurchase decisions.
Kathleen Quinn Vaccari ’71, B.A., anMMC communication arts graduate, hasappeared in Seton Hall UniversityTheatre-in-the-Round, local communitytheatre and classical chorale singingwhile working for her North Jersey town,Maplewood. She has also served as amonthly lecturer in a series she created,“What’s Up: A Down-to-Earth SkyGuide,” at William S. Sperry Observatoryon Cranford Campus, Union CountyCollege, New Jersey.
Karen Green ’88, B.A., who earned abachelor’s in political science from MMC,is currently involved in volunteer work
and is on the board of Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Marble Hill Food & HungerProject, the Community Board 8Education Committee, and the DYCDNeighborhood Advisory Board 8. Karenand her significant other, EmanuelGelman, have three sons—Michael,Jeffrey and Scott—and five grandchildrenwith another one on the way.
Lois Horowitz ’89, B.A., an MMCbusiness graduate, has been happilyworking for H&R Block, both during taxseason and off-season, for several years.
Joan Regen-Ramirez ’82, an MMCbusiness administration and marketinggraduate, has launched her own Englishas a Second Language (ESL) tutoringservice. The company serves children K-12, college students, adults and privateand group sessions. Joan, who has amaster’s in journalism from ColumbiaUniversity, received a master’s in ESL instruction from City College ofCUNY in May.
Peggy Richards ’84, B.F.A., is a Rolferand massage therapist. She went into thehealing arts full time after graduatingfrom MMC with a B.F.A. in Dance. Sheinvites alumni to reconnect with her inArizona or Idaho.
Veronica Burgos ’93, B.A., and herson, Ian, went to Costa Rica last summerand to Aruba over Christmas break.Veronica is in the M.S. program at MercyCollege. She is also engaged to PedroGuadalupe, whom she has known for 30years.
Patricia Burkhart ’90, M.A., whoreceived a B.A. in history from MMC, is afounding board member of Friends ofthe Edgewood-Oak Brush PlainsPreserve, an all-volunteer, not-for-profitenvironmental and advocacyorganization. Patricia was selected as a2008 Woman of Distinction by New YorkState Senator Owen Johnson for hertireless efforts to improve and protectthe 850-acre, state-owned EdgewoodPreserve, a rare and critical wildlifehabitat located in Western SuffolkCounty. Her efforts raised awareness ofthe need for groundwater protection, thedangers of light pollution and thebenefits of native gardening. Under herguidance, the organization hasdeveloped a strong volunteer stewardprogram, which includes many Boy and
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Girl Scout troops. Patricia supervised thefirst-ever Eagle Scout project to be doneat the preserve, which was acollaborative effort of the town, countyand state. The Woman of DistinctionAward was presented at a reception inAlbany. Patricia lives in Deer Park, N.Y.,with her husband, Sid Cherry, a musical theater composer, and theirmany animals.
Janet Kaufman ’93, L.C.S.W., attendedFordham University Graduate School ofSocial Service after receiving her B.A. inEnglish Literature from MMC. Shepractices medical social work in a majorNew York City teaching hospital. Janetalso has a private psychotherapy andcoaching practice. Her education atMMC as a mature student, she said, gaveher the opportunity to change her careerfrom registered dental hygienist tolicensed clinical social worker.
Barbara Lekes ’93, B.A., an MMCstudio art alumna, decided to pursuefashion design after five years ofteaching art to elementary students atDiscovery Charter School in Chula Vista.Through a class project, her clothingcollection me-di-e-val moderntranspired. She plans to launch her ownclothing line. Barbara has also sold heroil paintings and prints through Ward-Nasse Gallery in New York City,and her work has been exhibited inSouthern California and Florence, Italy.Her last series of paintings, addressingher overcoming cervical cancer, wereexhibited last fall at MarymountManhattan.
Edward Van Saders ’95, B.F.A., anMMC acting graduate, had a civil unionin New Jersey with his partner, PaulShusterman, on June 28, 2008. ManyMarymount Manhattan faculty andformer students attended.
Shannon April Sweeney ’95, M.F.A.,performed in the Obie award-winningUntitled MARS (This Title May Change) atPerforming Space 122 in April 2008 andat the National Theatre in Budapest lastNovember. She also performed in JayScheib’s This Place is a Desert as part ofthe 2008 Under the Radar Festival at thePublic Theater. The play was selected asthe second best theatre piece of 2008 byTime Out NY theatre critic Helen Shaw.Last July, April wrote and directed aproduction entitled She, and the EmptyLiving Room, a chamber play in Spanishand English, as part of the 2008Undergroundzero Festival in New York
City. The piece was invited to play atErik van der Gjign gallery, Padeletti, inBuenos Aires in November 2009. She iscurrently Assistant Professor of Theatreat Colgate University.
Rachel Brereton Aurich ’02, B.A., anMMC sociology graduate, married PeterAurich on September 20, 2008.
Brian Avers ’00, M.F.A., appeared onthe last two season episodes of “NCIS.”Starting in September, he will play arecurring character, Special Agent MikeRenko, in CBS’s new spin-off series“NCIS Los Angeles” alongside ChrisO’Donnell and LL Cool J. He also has arole in an upcoming episode of “TheCloser” and has relocated to LosAngeles.
Dan Bittner ’04, B.F.A., is performingat the Geffen Playhouse in FarragutNorth, repeating the role he played atthe Atlantic Theatre in New York. Setagainst the backdrop of a closepresidential race, Farragut North is atimely tale of hubris, loyalty and the lustfor power. Bittner, who recentlyappeared in The Vertical Hour onBroadway, plays deputy press secretary,Ben. Bittner can also be seen on the bigscreen in Adventureland.
Weng Kuan Chan ’02, B.A., an MMCliberal arts graduate, has been enjoyingteaching. She said that each day is abrand new day where new challengesawait her, and it is the most rewardingfield she has come to love.
Elsa Córdoba ’02, M.S.Ed., whograduated from MMC with a B.A. inpsychology, received an M.S.Ed. inrehabilitation counseling from HunterCollege in June 2008. She successfullypassed the CRC examination and is aCertified Rehabilitation Counselor. Elsa isalso a Certified School Counselor andcurrently works for the NYCDOE as aguidance counselor.
Leslie De Jesus-Sirret ’06, B.A., whograduated from MMC’s Theatre Artsplaywriting program, married AlexanderSirret in a private ceremony in PuertoPlata, Dominican Republic, on January 8, 2009.
Taleia Gilliam ’03, B.A., is anenrichment teacher (dance andtheater) for the non-profit organization
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Veronica Burgos ’93, B.A.,and her son, Ian, traveled to Costa Ricaand Aruba last year.
Rachel Brereton Aurich ’02, B.A., married Peter Aurich last September.
Patricia Burkhart ’90, M.A., is a foundingboard member of Friends of the Edgewood-Oak Brush Plains Preserve, a not-for-profit environmental and advocacy organization.
Dan Bittner ’04, B.F.A.,takes the stage of theGeffen Playhouse inFarragut North.
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Star, Inc. She continues to audition andwork on various acting projects.
Taylor Gordon ’08, M.S., acommunication arts graduate, recentlycompleted her master’s in publishing atPace University at the age of 20. Shebegan the program through theconsortium program at Marymount
Manhattan. Taylor spent the winterseason dancing in the ensemble of theRadio City Christmas Spectacular in NewYork City as a member of the AGVAUnion. She writes for a number of dancemagazines and is a new member of the Dance Critics Association.
Maran Kajfez ’05, M.A., completed a
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies with afocus in literature at the State Universityof New York at Stony Brook in August2008. Maran, who received a B.A. incommunication arts from MMC, iscurrently the College’s ResidenceDirector at the 55th Street Residence Hall.
Julia Khvasechko ’01, B.S., celebrated10 years of good health by running threemarathons, dedicating two to “Fred’sTeam,” which raises funds for MSKCC,and one to NF, which raises funds forthe Children’s Tumor Foundation.Additionally, she cut off her long hair and donated it to a charity thatmakes wigs for children who aremedically bald.
Bobbi Amundson Ordez ’03, B.S.,started her own children’s clothingcompany, 1 of a Kind Creations by LuxeVeritas (www.luxeveritas.com). Herhusband, Edmond, graduated fromWilliam Mitchell College of Law with aJ.D. in May.
Erin Race ’04, B.A., moved from NewYork City to the D.C. area about twoyears ago. She was a ballet and musicaltheater teacher at a Performing ArtsSchool in Maryland. Currently, she worksfull time at a legal agency and teachesprivate voice lessons and entertainmentfor children’s birthday parties on theweekends. She and her husband, JeffGraves, were married in July 2009.
Melissa D. Rodriguez-Gonzalez ’03,M.A., graduated from ColumbiaUniversity’s School of International and
Sarah Galli ’06, B.A., realized herdream of living in New York Citywhen she attended MarymountManhattan College as a theatermajor. During her time at the College,she performed on stage and servedas an assistant director in a variety ofcampus productions. Galli alsoserved as a residence assistant andas president of Student Theatre atMarymount (STAM).
Galli’s love for theatre andcommunity service led her to helpcoordinate the inaugural “Born forBroadway” (BFB) benefit concertgala, which was held June 22 at theNew World Stages in New York.
Broadway performers andundiscovered talents performed forthe event to raise money for TheChristopher & Dana ReeveFoundation (CDRF), the creation andnamesake of late actor ChristopherReeve, who suffered a spinal cordinjury that resulted in paralysis. The charity is geared to fundresearch for spinal cord injuries andimprove the quality of life of peoplewith such injuries.
BFB started as a student-runevent (originally called “Bound forBroadway”) when Galli was afreshman, and has continued to bean MMC event ever since.
(L-R) Paul Rieckhoff, Executive Directorof Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans ofAmerica, Sarah Galli ’06, and Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Director of Born for Broadway.
Galli ’06 Helps Coordinate ‘Born for Broadway’
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Public Affairs in 2008 with a Masters ofInternational Affairs. She is currently aprogram officer at the Institute ofInternational Education.
Kelly Sebastian ’01, B.A., an MMCcommunication arts graduate, launched“Oh The Ladies Productions,” a boutiqueproduction company in New York City.She is Lead Director and Head ofDevelopment for commercials, promosand films.
Linda Silvestri ’03, M.P.A., an MMCaccounting graduate, was recentlypromoted to a manager in the New Yorkoffice of Deloitte Financial AdvisoryServices, LLP, in the Forensic andDispute Services practice. She assistsfinancial services clients in dispute andforensic investigations as well as otherconsulting matters. She is also a Certified
Fraud Examiner and serves on the Boardof Directors for the New York Chapter ofthe Association of Certified FraudExaminers. This past year Linda spentfour months working in Deloitte’sHyderabad, India, offices supervisingstaff. Linda’s youngest daughter, Emilie,who is a student at George WashingtonUniversity, is spending the year in Tokyoas part of a study abroad program.Linda’s oldest daughter, Shana, is anAssistant Attorney General for theDistrict of Columbia.
Gloria M. Stevens ’02, M.A., who isa summa cum laude MarymountManhattan psychology graduate, earneda graduate degree at Teachers College(TC) Columbia University in organizationalleadership and received a Certificate inConflict Resolution from the ICCCRDepartment of Teachers College in 2004.
In November 2008, Gloria formed theMMC Psychology Alumni Association,along with six of her MMC alumnicolleagues. To view the growth progressof this new association please access theWeb site: www.mmcpsychologyalumni.com.
Jenna Ushkowitz ’07, B.A., an MMCTheatre Arts graduate, stars in Fox’s newhigh-school musical series “Glee,” whichpremiered its pilot on May 19. The one-hour musical comedy will begin in fall2009 on Fox. Jenna plays Tina, astuttering Goth girl who blossoms onstagein her Ohio high school’s glee club.
Bridget Rouhan Wess ’05, B.F.A.,married Philip Wess on September 18,2008 in Gloucester, Mass. She iscurrently teaching dance at Paulette’sBallet Studio in Newton, Mass., andMedfield, Mass.
In Memoriam
Karen Bigornia ’81, who received aB.A. in sociology from MMC, passedaway on March 25 after a short illness.
Barbara Slattery Cramer ’61, whoreceived a B.A. in English from MMC,passed away on Dec. 18, 2008.
Ann Quigley Frey ’56, who obtained aB.A. in communications from MMC, diedon July 14, 2009. Frey also worked at theCollege at various times, most recently inthe mid to late 1980s as the director ofHuman Resources.
Richard Horowitz, husband of DianeAscione Horowitz ’65, M.A., passedaway on September 11, 2008. They hada terrific 41-year marriage, and Dianeand her children and grandchildren misshim greatly.
Nancy Kerin Keating ’56, a sociologymajor and education minor who receiveda B.A. at MMC, passed away on October26, 2008. Her classmate GeraldineFerraro ’56 spoke at the funeral.
Isa Gelabert Macisco ’59, an MMC artgraduate, passed away in May 2007.
Helen Clarke Molanphy ’61 lost hereldest son Paul Molanphy. Paul was anoutstanding pediatric physical therapistwho was honored at a memorial serviceheld by the Dell Physical Therapy Centerat Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas,on December 2, 2008. The hospital willname a wing of the center in honor ofPaul, who spent many years as a healer
for numerous children and wasinstrumental in the development of thecenter. Paul is survived by his parentsHelen and John, his brothers Brian andTom, and his children Nicolas and Nina.
Alice O’Hara, mother of Alice O’HaraMcCarter ’65, M.S.W., passed away onJune 11, 2008, after a swift decline. Shewas 98 years old. Alice’s familyrelationship with the RSHM started whenher mother enrolled McCarter in theGerard School in 1949.
Kimberly McGovern Pliska ’01, whoreceived a B.S. in business from MMC,passed away in September 2008.
Radio personalityErika Roman ’99,an MMCcommunication artsgraduate, died in aSouth Florida caraccident. ErikaRoman, 33, co-hostof the Obie & LilShawn Show onPower 95.3 was bornand raised in NewYork City and began her career as apromoter for Fever Records whileattending Marymount Manhattan College.
Kenneth Smith, husband of KathyKerwin Smith ’61, an MMC psychologygraduate, passed away on May 4, 2009,in Sebastian, Florida. Kenneth lost hisbattle with cancer.
Births
Suzanne Greco, daughter of MaryLouise Tallent Chudd ’65, M.S., gavebirth to a baby girl on December 8 (thefeast of the Immaculate Conception) inBoston. Suzanne and her husband, JohnGreco, named the baby KatherineMarie. Kate was born at a healthy 8pounds, 2 ounces and 19.5 inches. MaryLouise and her husband, Richard, are soecstatic because Kate is their firstgrandchild. They wish the very best toall Marymount Manhattan graduates.
Alice O’Hara McCarter ’65, M.S.W.,became a grandmother when herdaughter, Susan, gave birth to a beautifulbaby boy on August 14, 2008. His nameis John William ( Jack) McCarter. He wasbaptized at St. Monica’s Church on East79th Street in New York City.
Bethann Bark Wolfe ’98, B.A., anMMC communication arts alumna, gavebirth to Dean Martin Wolfe on June 1,2008. He joins sisters Sam Malone Wolfeand Carly Simon Wolfe.
Erika Roman ’99
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THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29Art Faculty Exhibit in the HewittGallery of Art features a range of media,styles and viewpoints throughSeptember 29. An opening reception willbe held September 17 from 6-8 p.m.Contact: Millie Burns at (212) 517-0692
SEPTEMBER 10MMC will host an alumni reception atthe Manhasset Bay Yacht Club,located in Manhasset, NY, from 6-8 p.m.The Office of Alumni Relations extendsa special thanks to Joan Brakman ’53,who has contributed her time toorganizing this great event. Contact: Suzy Mulvihill at (212) 517-0463
SEPTEMBER 14The Commons Celebration marks the opening of MMC’s new Commons, a facilities project supported by This is the Day, the Campaign forMarymount Manhattan.Contact: Jean Wilhelm at (212) 517-0460
SEPTEMBER 17“Celebrating Art and the Legacy ofSister Judith Savard” receptionfeatures faculty artwork in the HewittGallery and serves as the launch of thefirst student Senior Art Exhibitionscatalogue, dedicated to the memory ofSister Judith Savard from 6-8 p.m.Contact: Victoria Rehkugler at (212) 517-0467
SEPTEMBER 23Career Workshop Series: Workshop 1– Mock Interview Sessions andResume Builder is hosted inconjunction with Career Services, theOffice of Alumni Relations. The series isled by the Alumni Leadership CouncilsCareer Development Committee. Contact: Suzy Mulvihill at (212) 517-0463
SEPTEMBER 26City Hall Circle Walking Tour featuresa historic perspective by MMC ProfessorMary Brown, Ph.D. The tour is from 12-3 p.m. Contact: Suzy Mulvihill at (212) 517-0463
OCTOBER 1The College will host the ClassCompetition Thank You Dinner tohonor the winners of the ClassCompetition, from 6-8 p.m.Congratulations to the classes of ’53, ’54,’58, ’59 and ’61, winners of this year’scompetition. Contact: Suzy Mulvihill at (212) 517-0463
OCTOBER 5-27SixbySixbySix, co-curated by ChristyEllis ’09, features sculptural works bysix artists. A reception will be held onOctober 8 from 6-8 p.m. in the HewittGallery of Art.Contact: Millie Burns at (212) 517-0692
OCTOBER 7The Sixth Annual Golf Tournament isan opportunity for alumni, parents andfriends to enjoy a day of challenginggolf, friendly company, and great food atThe Stanwich Club in Greenwich,Connecticut. Register today.Contact: Carolyn Bolt at (212) 517-0454
OCTOBER 17Volunteer for New York Cares Day byjoining the Alumni Leadership CouncilOutreach Committee and the Office ofAlumni Relations for a day ofvolunteering. Contact: Suzy Mulvihill at (212) 517-0463
OCTOBER 21-25Girl Gone, a production by MMC’sTheatre Production Workshop, willinclude an opening night receptionfollowing the October 21st performance.Contact: Theatre Office at (212) 774-0760 or [email protected]
OCTOBER 23-25Homecoming 2009: Family andFriends Weekend invites parents,students, alumni and the MMCcommunity to enjoy campus activitiesand celebrations on the MMC campus.Contact: Suzy Mulvihill at (212) 517-0463
NOVEMBER 2-DECEMBER 1“11/9 – 9/11” exhibition juxtaposes thefall of the Berlin Wall with the fall of theWorld Trade Center and is curated byArtist Exchange International with artistsfrom Berlin. An opening reception willbe held Nov. 5 from 6-8 p.m. in theHewitt Gallery of Art.Contact: Millie Burns at (212) 517-0692
NOVEMBER 12Young Alumni Happy Hour is hostedby the Alumni Leadership CouncilEvents Committee from 6-8 p.m. Contact: Suzy Mulvihill at (212) 517-0463
NOVEMBER 18-22As You Like It by William Shakesperewill be performed by MMC’s TheatreProduction Workshop. An opening nightreception will follow the performanceon November 18.Contact: Theatre Office at (212) 774-0760or [email protected]
NOVEMBER 18Career Workshop Series: Workshop 3– Human Resources Panel with Q&Ais an opportunity for alumni to learn jobdevelopment skills. The workshop is acollaboration by Career Services and theAlumni Leadership Councils CareerDevelopment Committee. Contact: Suzy Mulvihill at (212) 517-0463
NOVEMBER 19-21Dancers At Work, MMC’s Dancestudent choreography showcase, willfeature work by nine studentchoreographers in the Great Hall.Contact: Dance Department at (212) 517-0610
NOVEMBER 20Lincoln and New York exhibit at theNew-York Historical Society isscheduled from 6-8 p.m. The Office ofAlumni Relations invite alumni to learnabout Abraham Lincoln and hisexperiences in New York.Contact: Suzy Mulvihill at (212) 517-0463
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